Here in preparation for the round ahead.
There is a live draw to be done to see which teams are playing which which will be conducted in this thread. Could be done tonight if not, expect it tomorrow night :)
If I name my team here now, does that mean I automatically progress through the group stages? :P :'(
Quote from: Rusty00 on July 25, 2016, 10:39:18 PM
If I name my team here now, does that mean I automatically progress through the group stages? :P :'(
I'm pretty sure that's how it works, yeah
who made it through the group stages? (seriously have no idea :P )
Quote from: Ziplock on July 26, 2016, 01:56:06 PM
who made it through the group stages? (seriously have no idea :P )
At the moment we know you, me and GoLions have advanced. Just awaiting final confirmation of the other teams ;) :P
Remaining Teams and their possible Rd of 16 opponents
Bradford Badgers: Berlin Brewers, English Lions, Serbian Eagles, Mexico City Suns
Spanish Stallions: PNL Reindeers, Manchester Magic, Huddersfield Hawks, Liverpool Rams, Mexico City Suns
Swansea Breakers: PNL Reindeers, Berlin Brewers, Serbian Eagles, Mexico City Suns
Belgian Bashers: PNL Reindeers, Berlin Brewers, Huddersfield Hawks, Liverpool Rams, Mexico City Suns
Hastings Hurricanes: PNL Reindeers, Berlin Brewers, English Lions, Mexico City Suns
Iceland Polar Bears: PNL Reindeers, Berlin Brewers, Machester Magic, Liverpool Rams, Mexico City Suns
UAE Tigers: PNL Reindeers, Berlin Brewers, English Lions, Machester Magic, Serbian Eagles, Huddersfield Hawks, Mexico City Suns
Australia Ales: PNL Reindeers, Berlin Brewers, English Lions, Machester Magic, Serbian Eagles, Huddersfield Hawks, Liverpool Rams
PNL Reindeers: Spanish Stallions, Swansea Breakers, Belgian Bashers, Hastings Hurricanes, Iceland Polar Bears, UAE Tigers, Australian Ales
Berlin Brewers: Bradford Badgers, Swansea Breakers, Belgian Bashers, Hastings Hurricanes, Iceland Polar Bears, UAE Tigers, Australian Ales
English Lions: Bradford Badgers, Hastings Hurricanes, UAE Tigers, Australian Ales
Manchester Magic: Spanish Stallions, Iceland Polar Bears, UAE Tigers, Australian Ales
Serbian Eagles: Bradford Badgers, Swansea Breakers, UAE Tigers, Australian Ales
Huddersfield Hawks: Spanish Stallions, Belgian Bashers, UAE Tigers, Australian Ales
Liverpool Rams: Spanish Stallions, Belgian Bashers, Iceland Polar Bears, Australian Ales
Mexico City Suns: Bradford Badgers, Spanish Stallions, Swansea Breakers, Belgian Bashers, Hastings Hurricanes, Iceland Polar Bears, UAE Tigers
Please don't give me Serbia ahaha
Well, drawing Hastings would be awkward :-X my former team and one coached by my mate IRL in iZander...
... their BXV Premiership is a Sure Thing you know.
I think I'm mostly to stand the tiniest chance of beating the Stallions or Bashers, so drawing one of them would be nice.
Inb4 violated by the Ales.
DRAW WILL BE DONE TONIGHT
When, I don't know, but I am in the process of running some sims now and once I'm convinced we that we shouldn't run into errors, then I'll begin it properly :) Hoping to start within 30 minutes of this post.
Boyd out, probably having beers with Barlow, Higgo, Riska, and Dion
The Draw!How it will work:
- Each of the 8 sides that topped their group will be drawn up against an opponent that came 2nd in a group. Teams will not play the side that came from the same group as them, nor will they play a side from the same competition as them.
- There are 8 matchups and the 8 group winners will be randomised in one hit into the 8 spots (Named KO1 through to KO8)
- From there the 2nd ranked sides will be drawn one by one to play their respective group topping opponents, starting from KO1 and finishing with KO8 (Unless forced to fill other games first)
- Then we have our matchups :)
Who can play who:Bradford Badgers: Berlin Brewers, English Lions, Serbian Eagles, Mexico City Suns
Spanish Stallions: PNL Reindeers, Manchester Magic, Huddersfield Hawks, Liverpool Rams, Mexico City Suns
Swansea Breakers: PNL Reindeers, Berlin Brewers, Serbian Eagles, Mexico City Suns
Belgian Bashers: PNL Reindeers, Berlin Brewers, Huddersfield Hawks, Liverpool Rams, Mexico City Suns
Hastings Hurricanes: PNL Reindeers, Berlin Brewers, English Lions, Mexico City Suns
Iceland Polar Bears: PNL Reindeers, Berlin Brewers, Machester Magic, Liverpool Rams, Mexico City Suns
UAE Tigers: PNL Reindeers, Berlin Brewers, English Lions, Machester Magic, Serbian Eagles, Huddersfield Hawks, Mexico City Suns
Australia Ales: PNL Reindeers, Berlin Brewers, English Lions, Machester Magic, Serbian Eagles, Huddersfield Hawks, Liverpool Rams
PNL Reindeers: Spanish Stallions, Swansea Breakers, Belgian Bashers, Hastings Hurricanes, Iceland Polar Bears, UAE Tigers, Australian Ales
Berlin Brewers: Bradford Badgers, Swansea Breakers, Belgian Bashers, Hastings Hurricanes, Iceland Polar Bears, UAE Tigers, Australian Ales
English Lions: Bradford Badgers, Hastings Hurricanes, UAE Tigers, Australian Ales
Manchester Magic: Spanish Stallions, Iceland Polar Bears, UAE Tigers, Australian Ales
Serbian Eagles: Bradford Badgers, Swansea Breakers, UAE Tigers, Australian Ales
Huddersfield Hawks: Spanish Stallions, Belgian Bashers, UAE Tigers, Australian Ales
Liverpool Rams: Spanish Stallions, Belgian Bashers, Iceland Polar Bears, Australian Ales
Mexico City Suns: Bradford Badgers, Spanish Stallions, Swansea Breakers, Belgian Bashers, Hastings Hurricanes, Iceland Polar Bears, UAE Tigers
Matchups
KO1 | KO2 | KO3 | KO4 | KO5 | KO6 | KO7 | KO8 |
Team | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team |
Team | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team |
Oh yeah, and if anyone is watching do comment that way I feel like I am not doing this spaced out for no reason :P
Hurry up so I can scout. :P
Quote from: PowerBug on July 28, 2016, 09:03:44 PM
Oh yeah, and if anyone is watching do comment that way I feel like I am not doing this spaced out for no reason :P
Im here, fingers crossed the Hurricanes dont draw the Brewers :P
Matchups
KO1 | KO2 | KO3 | KO4 | KO5 | KO6 | KO7 | KO8 |
Australian Ales | UAE Tigers | Bradford Badgers | Swansea Breakers | Iceland Polar Bears | Hastings Hurricanes | Spanish Stallions | Belgian Bashers |
Team | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team |
There's all the group winners in their spots. First up, who will the Ales play? The options are listed below and there's a lot of them :)
Australia Ales: PNL Reindeers, Berlin Brewers, English Lions, Machester Magic, Serbian Eagles, Huddersfield Hawks, Liverpool Rams
Matchups
KO1 | KO2 | KO3 | KO4 | KO5 | KO6 | KO7 | KO8 |
Australian Ales | UAE Tigers | Bradford Badgers | Swansea Breakers | Iceland Polar Bears | Hastings Hurricanes | Spanish Stallions | Belgian Bashers |
PNL Reindeers | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team |
It's the Reindeers! A big test for HPs gang coming up against the quality Australian outfit. Who wants to go next? Too bad no choices it's the UAE Tigers up next. A list of their potential opponent below
UAE Tigers: Berlin Brewers, English Lions, Machester Magic, Serbian Eagles, Huddersfield Hawks, Mexico City Suns
Matchups
KO1 | KO2 | KO3 | KO4 | KO5 | KO6 | KO7 | KO8 |
Australian Ales | UAE Tigers | Bradford Badgers | Swansea Breakers | Iceland Polar Bears | Hastings Hurricanes | Spanish Stallions | Belgian Bashers |
PNL Reindeers | Berlin Brewers | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team |
Wow! So it's two AXV vs WXV matchups in the first week. I was hoping to avoid that it'll make the rest of the draw go very quickly now. I could say I saw this coming how somehow in all 3 of my simulations UAE drew a WXV side, happened again in the actual thing as well!! Here's where we sit on the who can play who for the remaining teams. Once any of these rows goes down to one team then it's automatically filled into that spot.
Bradford Badgers: English Lions, Serbian Eagles, Mexico City Suns
Spanish Stallions: Manchester Magic, Huddersfield Hawks, Liverpool Rams, Mexico City Suns
Swansea Breakers: Serbian Eagles, Mexico City Suns
Belgian Bashers: Huddersfield Hawks, Liverpool Rams, Mexico City Suns
Hastings Hurricanes: English Lions, Mexico City Suns
Iceland Polar Bears: Machester Magic, Liverpool Rams, Mexico City Suns
English Lions: Bradford Badgers, Hastings Hurricanes
Manchester Magic: Spanish Stallions, Iceland Polar Bears
Serbian Eagles: Bradford Badgers, Swansea Breakers
Huddersfield Hawks: Spanish Stallions, Belgian Bashers
Liverpool Rams: Spanish Stallions, Belgian Bashers, Iceland Polar Bears
Mexico City Suns: Bradford Badgers, Spanish Stallions, Swansea Breakers, Belgian Bashers, Hastings Hurricanes, Iceland Polar Bears
Next up, The Group A winners, Bradford Badgers
Please give them the eagles
haha i guess there will be no Brewers v Hurricanes then :P
Show me the Lions PB!
Matchups
KO1 | KO2 | KO3 | KO4 | KO5 | KO6 | KO7 | KO8 |
Australian Ales | UAE Tigers | Bradford Badgers | Swansea Breakers | Iceland Polar Bears | Hastings Hurricanes | Spanish Stallions | Belgian Bashers |
PNL Reindeers | Berlin Brewers | Serbian Eagles | Team | Team | Team | Team | Team |
You could call this the short straw, or maybe it's lucky for the Badgers. Knock out the Eagles this week and they won't have to worry about getting them next week! For the Eagles they'll be happy to have avoided the big two AXV sides but this will be no pushover
Spanish Stallions: Manchester Magic, Huddersfield Hawks, Liverpool Rams, Mexico City Suns
Swansea Breakers: Mexico City Suns
Belgian Bashers: Huddersfield Hawks, Liverpool Rams, Mexico City Suns
Hastings Hurricanes: English Lions, Mexico City Suns
Iceland Polar Bears: Machester Magic, Liverpool Rams, Mexico City Suns
English Lions: Hastings Hurricanes
Manchester Magic: Spanish Stallions, Iceland Polar Bears
Huddersfield Hawks: Spanish Stallions, Belgian Bashers
Liverpool Rams: Spanish Stallions, Belgian Bashers, Iceland Polar Bears
Mexico City Suns: Spanish Stallions, Swansea Breakers, Belgian Bashers, Hastings Hurricanes, Iceland Polar Bears
oh Dave you didn't just post that *doh*
Unlucky mate, I honestly drew and almost finished my write-up before stopping to see what was posted :P
Oh showersnacks :-\
Can someone lend me replacements for Boyd, Prestia, Rischitelli, Higgins, and Barlow?
Okay so the above means there's a few forced matchups to slot in. Swansea Breakers will play Mexico City Suns, and the English Lions will play the Hastings Hurricanes
Matchups
KO1 | KO2 | KO3 | KO4 | KO5 | KO6 | KO7 | KO8 |
Australian Ales | UAE Tigers | Bradford Badgers | Swansea Breakers | Iceland Polar Bears | Hastings Hurricanes | Spanish Stallions | Belgian Bashers |
PNL Reindeers | Berlin Brewers | Serbian Eagles | Mexico City Suns | Team | English Lions | Team | Team |
Iceland's opposition is next up
Spanish Stallions: Manchester Magic, Huddersfield Hawks, Liverpool Rams
Belgian Bashers: Huddersfield Hawks, Liverpool Rams
Iceland Polar Bears: Machester Magic, Liverpool Rams
Manchester Magic: Spanish Stallions, Iceland Polar Bears
Huddersfield Hawks: Spanish Stallions, Belgian Bashers
Liverpool Rams: Spanish Stallions, Belgian Bashers, Iceland Polar Bears
Quote from: iZander on July 28, 2016, 09:06:08 PM
Quote from: PowerBug on July 28, 2016, 09:03:44 PM
Oh yeah, and if anyone is watching do comment that way I feel like I am not doing this spaced out for no reason :P
Im here, fingers crossed the Hurricanes dont draw the Brewers :P
I resent that emoticon
And you're damn lucky you didn't draw me ;)
Quote from: Purple 77 on July 28, 2016, 09:30:23 PM
Quote from: iZander on July 28, 2016, 09:06:08 PM
Quote from: PowerBug on July 28, 2016, 09:03:44 PM
Oh yeah, and if anyone is watching do comment that way I feel like I am not doing this spaced out for no reason :P
Im here, fingers crossed the Hurricanes dont draw the Brewers :P
I resent that emoticon
And you're damn lucky you didn't draw me ;)
haha well Brewers have been in decent form laterly :P
Iceland draw the Rams which forces the last two matchups to be the Stallions vs Magic and Hawks vs Bashers
Matchups
KO1 | KO2 | KO3 | KO4 | KO5 | KO6 | KO7 | KO8 |
Australian Ales | UAE Tigers | Bradford Badgers | Swansea Breakers | Iceland Polar Bears | Hastings Hurricanes | Spanish Stallions | Belgian Bashers |
PNL Reindeers | Berlin Brewers | Serbian Eagles | Mexico City Suns | Liverpool Rams | English Lions | Manchester Magic | Huddersfield Hawks |
Ta Da!! I am relieved that ran smoothly in the end and we didn't reach a problem :P One day I will be good enough to code it all and run simulations to be able to provide you with the % chance each team has of drawing another (As it's not as straightforward as it may seem) which would make things even cooler (Technically I should know how to do that now but I don't pay attention at uni :P)
Oooh, up against my Original Team in Spain! Honoured to have such an important game against them.
Mixed bag for my teams. PNL drawing the Ales which seems to be a uphill battle! Iceland draw the Rams whcih we still can't take lightly especially with our defence being quite shocking there at the moment :-X.
Going to be an interesting round! BRING IT ONNNN
Nice work PB, I quite like the live drawing btw!
So Spain didn't post a side.
Zac Smith is on FIRE
Libba :'(
How unlucky can I get :-\
farkin Libba...
Quarter Finals here we come!
Dublin decides to suck for the 3 important rounds then go huge when im out.
So....
Knockout Round of 16 Results
KO1: Australia Ales 1268.65 defeated by PNL Reindeers 1424.00
KO2: UAE Tigers 1391.00 defeated by Berlin Brewers 1429.00
KO3: Bradford Badgers 1177.07 vs Serbian Eagles 1450.01
KO4: Swansea Breakers 1332.61 vs Mexico City Suns 1495.00
KO5: Iceland Polar Bears 1376.28 defeated Liverpool Rams 1278.25
KO6: Hastings Hurricanes 1473.70 defeated English Lions 1265.69
KO7: Spanish Stallions defeated by Manchester Magic (Default)
KO8: Belgian Bashers 1425.44 defeated Huddersfield Hawks 1389.49
There we are, all done :) Apologies for the lateness again
Very nice PB!
Now the Draws!
No way! GO BERLIN!
Back-to-back quarter finals :D but I won't be here next year... unless I of course win the thing, god forbid
Just 3 Worlds teams were in that round of 16, and we all won 8)
Quote from: Purple 77 on August 04, 2016, 11:06:34 PM
Just 3 Worlds teams were in that round of 16, and we all won 8)
BXV and AXV did not have a good win rate that round :-X. Can't complain that Iceland were able to win while PNL upset the Ales :D.
Probably the Ales worst game of the year